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Álvarez turned professional at 15, shortly after his championship at the Junior Nationals, because his trainers at the time, father-and-son team Chepo and Eddy Reynoso, were unable to find suitable junior opponents for him. His amateur record was 44–2 with 12 knockouts.
He became the 2005 Junior Mexican National Boxing Champion in Tuxtla Gutiérrez at the age of 15.
In 2004, he won the silver medal at the Junior Mexican National Championships, held in Sinaloa. Álvarez started boxing when he was around 13 years old, after watching his older brother Rigoberto debut as a professional boxer. He was bullied at an early age when he would be called "Jícama con Chile", which translates as jicama with chilli flakes – a popular snack in Mexico. Speaking about his ancestry, Álvarez once said, "There might have been an Irish grandfather somewhere back in my past." In Mexico, it is common for people to associate red hair with the Irish soldiers who fought for Mexico in the Saint Patrick's Battalion during the Mexican–American War. His mother, Ana Maria, also has red hair. Ĭanelo in Spanish is the masculine word for cinnamon, which is a common nickname for people with red hair. Among his brothers are welterweight boxers Ramón Álvarez, Ricardo Álvarez and former WBA interim world champion, Rigoberto Álvarez. Álvarez is the youngest of eight children, seven of them boys all of his brothers also became professional boxers. Growing up on his family's farm, he learned horseback riding, which he continues today. At the age of five, his family moved to their current home of Juanacatlán, Jalisco. In an interview, Álvarez explained that he was born on the outskirts of Guadalajara, Jalisco, but his family is originally from Los Reyes, Michoacán. One of the highest-paid athletes in the world, he made Forbes list of the world's highest-paid athletes in 2019, 2022, and 2023. As of September 2023, Álvarez is ranked as the second best active boxer, pound for pound, by BoxRec. He is also known as a formidable body puncher. Álvarez is known as an excellent counterpuncher, being able to exploit openings in his opponents' guards while avoiding punches with head and body movement. Álvarez is the first and only boxer in history to become undisputed champion at super middleweight, having held the WBA (Super), WBC and Ring magazine titles since 2020, and the IBF and WBO titles since 2021. He has won multiple world championships in four weight classes from light middleweight to light heavyweight, including unified titles in three of those weight classes and lineal titles in two. He also works closely with the British heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury, who he credits with making his jab into the highly effective weapon it is today.Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán ( Latin American Spanish: born 18 July 1990), known as Canelo Álvarez, is a Mexican professional boxer. He has a wide arsenal of attacks and a tight defense.
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His record also now includes wins over Errol Zimmerman, Gokhan Saki and Daniel Ghita, plus victories in the GLORY 11 CHICAGO Heavyweight Championship Tournament and the GLORY 77 Heavyweight Tournament.Ī very intelligent fighter, Verhoeven is creative and focuses a lot on technicality. Before joining the organization he had racked up wins over experienced international opposition such as Hesdy Gerges, Ben Edwards and Filip Verlinden. Verhoeven was marked out as a prospect several years before his 2012 debut for GLORY. At 16 years old he was so big that he couldn’t find opponents his own age in competitions, and had to face adults. At the same time, it became clear that he was a natural heavyweight who would grow to a considerable size. After school his friends would head to the park to play football or ride bikes while Verhoeven would accompany his father to the dojo for training.Īs he got older he moved into kickboxing. Training was a consistent part of Verhoeven’s life growing up and his father was strict about it. His father, a karate black belt, brought young Rico to the dojo and started him on a path which, years later, would take him around the world and to the top of the heavyweight pile. Rico Verhoeven was five years old when he first entered the martial arts. Reigning GLORY Heavyweight Champion (11 Defenses)
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